Another video with original footage of the iconic Hindenburg. All the fotage is from a visit to New York (obviously prior to her crash). I think this is one of the most dieselpunk real life videos I have ever seen. Please enjoy it and the beautiful swing music.

In the good tradition of this blog, here’s another Zeppelin image I recently found on the Ætherweb: If someone could tell me, what the name of the artist is, I would be most grateful. On a completely different note: Today is the day when back in 1922 Nosferatu´, this early …

Some random Zeppelin related images: So here is the final and rather delayed part of the Expedition to the very steampunk Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen. First, a very stylish and beautiful Maybach Zeppelin: A classy car. Fit for every steampunk or dieselpunk movie. Also: Notice the modern license plate. …

As I have announced before, here are some images concerning the long voyage of L 104 in 1917. It was a planned relief mission to the outnumbered (but very successful) troops of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck in Deutsch-Ostafrika. The mission was cancelled befor completion, though because it was judged that the …

After a fairly long interval since the last entry, here are a few more images of artifacts from the military use of Zeppelins on display in the very steampunk Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen: The patterns of Zeppelin crews‘ uniforms: The standard-issue Schako-helmet for crew members (worn while on the …

The Zeppelin Museum has a reasonably big exhibition dedicated to the military use of Zeppelins, which delighted me no end. As I have noted before, I am a militaristic steampunk. The effectiveness of Zeppelins during the Great War is a matter of ongoing debate. Most Zeppelins were either shot down …

Now this bit concerns the Golden Age of Zeppelin Travel, the times of the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg, when they cruised majestically among the clouds. The Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen has a life-size replica of some parts of the Hindenburg, some passenger bedrooms and the lounge, which are accessible …

So this part of my report on our expedition to the Zeppelin Museum is a bit more technical, or, to be more exact, a bit more on the engine side. Up on the first floor of the museum in the main exibition area are quite a number of different engines …

Finally another steampunk expedition that is really worth mentioning here in my blog. I would not want to bore you with my more or less common travels which I undertake every now and then. This expedition has quite a large number of documentary photographs so I will most definitely split …